Easy way to test if my duplicity backups are working?

Hi,

Yes, look at the verify command. It's in the man page, but simply:

$ duplicity verify [options] [--compare-data] [--file-to-restore <relpath>]
[--time time] source_url target_directory

Verify without --compare-data will verify the consistency (hashes0 of the
backup. With --compare-data all of the target is compared to the source.
That takes a while longer.

...Ken

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 6:15 PM Pope Rigby <
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> New question #691181 on Duplicity:
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> I don't want to overwrite my entire filesystem with the backed up version,
> so I'm wondering if there's an easy way to check if it's working without
> doing that.
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Ok that's useful, thanks. Can I specify a include/exclude list?

For backup, yes. For restore, planned. Nowhere else.

...Ken

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On 07.06.2020 21:55, Pope Rigby wrote:
> Question #691181 on Duplicity changed:
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> Ok that's useful, thanks. Can I specify a include/exclude list?
>

the man page[1] states

duplicity verify [options] [--compare-data] [--file-to-restore <relpath>] [--time time] source_url target_directory

that the parameter '--file-to-restore' is supported. hence it should limit verifying to the folder/file give there. if that in fact also limits the verification to those volumes said file/folder to restore is contained in when '--compare-data' is not given i don't know. but that should be easily tested by a simple trial and comparing the run times.
you may of course consult the source code as well ;)

..ede/duply.net

[1] http://duplicity.nongnu.org/vers8/duplicity.1.html

I was just going to let it do the entirety of root, but it seems to be stuck at:

Error accessing possibly locked file /run/user/1000/doc

Thanks edso, that solved my question.